BROOKE ROLLINS, MONICA CROWLEY: Americas family farms have kept us strong for 250 years

This summer, the Trump administration is honoring that glorious inheritance by launching the American Family Farm Legacy 250 Program. In partnership with the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture, the U.S. Department of Agriculture is building on proud traditions established during Americas bicentennial and elevating them into a unified national commitment.

A long chain of uninterrupted family ownership is no small feat. Thats why this program publicly recognizes the inspirational perseverance of multigenerational farm families, from 100-year legacies to the extraordinary handful of patriots who have stewarded their land for 250 years or more.

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From the Eastern Shore of Maryland to the wooded hills of western Massachusetts, from the South Fork of Long Island to the country roads of rural North Carolina, these farms remind us just how much rural America matters to all of America. Critically, they have sustained us with the food we eat and the clothes on our backs. But even more importantly, they have been the wellspring of our most cherished values and time-honored traditions.

In times of tranquility and times of crisis, these men and women stand in the gap, reaffirming their commitment to the American way of life. To faith and family. To patriotism and civic responsibility. To standing where their mothers and fathers stood. And to remaining steadfast in hope for whats on the horizon.

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When the first generations of these family farmers planted the seeds of liberty, they laid the foundation for an unrivaled American agricultural might that has only grown stronger across each generation. During droughts and depression, through war and peace, their forebears kept the plows turning, the tractors running and our rich American soil fertile for freedom.

These powerful legacies remind each of us that we are part of a larger story — a story we did not originally author and the ending of which we will not see. Our duty is to honor the magnificent inheritance weve been gifted by fighting for the prosperity of American agriculture with every fiber of our being. This is at the heart of the Farmers First agenda we are carrying out across the Trump administration. Empowered by President Donald Trumps leadership, we are putting our farmers, ranchers and rural communities back at the center of policymaking.

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While the American Family Farm Legacy 250 Program is primarily meant to put a spotlight on farms with centuries of continuous operation, it also celebrates the future of American agriculture and the next generation of farmers who dare to take up the noble mantle of stewardship.

After all, Americas success is bound up in theirs. This is what Thomas Jefferson meant when he wrote in 1785, "Cult